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35. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

23-27 June 2025 We are now officially less than a week from our exhibition launch at the House so there's been lots of ends to tie-up, final proofing, sign-offs, a man with a van to book and a banner to put up

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34. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

16-20 June 2025 I've not been in the House since Sunday 15 June as I was at the annual AIM (Association of Independent Museums) Conference at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth for 3 nights. With the hot weather returning, we saw

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33. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

9-15 June 2025 Not quite the packed week we had last week (phew!) but it started for me with a trip to Trentham Gardens in Stoke for a Group Travel Organiser event - where Anne and I got to meet lots of

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32. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

2-6 June 2025 First day back from a week's leave and I had to ignore the 100+ emails and head to Manchester Central Library on Monday morning for the installation of our new exhibition - I've Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell. Monday morning

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Transport on Plymouth Grove

In early May, I enjoyed a volunteer trip to the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester (MoTGM) with other volunteers from Elizabeth Gaskell's House. (Lizzie, one of our other volunteers, has already reported on the enjoyable volunteer trip to the Greater Manchester Museum

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